Contributor ReportsBritain proposes Sri Lanka to host CHOGM 2013
Source: Asian Tribune
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | updated Sun Nov 29 13:04:27 -0800 2009 | green-news
Australia 2011, Sri Lanka 2013 and Mauritius 2015 respectively. The endorsement of Sri Lanka by the entire membership of the Commonwealth singularly demonstrates the recognition of Sri Lanka’s adherence to the Commonwealth values and principles with the country being one...
Nepal to hold cabinet meeting at Everest Base Camp on Friday
Source: Asian Tribune
Kathmandu :: Nepal | updated Sun Nov 29 12:12:46 -0800 2009 | green-news
Amidst a month-long uncertainty, Nepal government is now all set to hold a cabinet meeting at the foothills of the highest mountain in the world, Mt Everest, on December 4. The cabinet meeting is being held at the foothills of...
No question of taking any binding emission cuts, says Saran
Source: Daily News & Analysis
Mumbai :: India | updated Sun Nov 29 04:53:05 -0800 2009 | green-news
Saran's views have come a day after India and China along with other developing nations forged a common front to put a pressure on the developed nations at the UN summit that begins from December 7. Saran dismissed notions that...
IOC, Adani in gas distribution JV
Source: The Hindustan Times
Noida :: India | updated Sun Nov 29 07:09:03 -0800 2009 | green-news
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Adani Energy Ltd are forming a new joint venture company for setting up city gas distribution (CGD) projects in various cities, including Chandigarh, Allahabad and Ghaziabad. The joint venture company will supply compressed natural gas...
‘Climate change threat is very real’
Source: Hindu
New Delhi :: India | updated Sun Nov 29 12:12:13 -0800 2009 | green-news
The threat of climate change and its impact on agriculture is real. We have evidence that by 2025 in some parts of the world including India, parts of Asia and parts of Africa, crop yields will drop from anything between...
BASIC bloc calls for a common climate
Source: The Economic Times
New Delhi :: India | updated Sun Nov 29 15:05:22 -0800 2009 | green-news
Brazil, South Africa, India and China — signing on a climate change draft to counter the developed nations at Copenhagen, Prime Minister’s special envoy Shyam Saran has said there was no question of taking on legally binding emission reduction targets....
Someone Please Slay the Climate Change Turkey
Source: Canadian Free Press
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Nov 28 18:09:35 -0800 2009 | green-news
Tiger will probably be OK as well, eventually, although he will need to explain where the hell he was headed at 2:25 in the morning in his spiffy Cadillac Escalade. Hint: Given your billion dollar fortune, claiming to be in...
'Agriculture can mitigate effects of global warming'
Source: Daily News & Analysis
Mumbai :: India | updated Sat Nov 28 20:09:58 -0800 2009 | green-news
The industry has open land including industrial plots, farmhouses and business premises which should be brought under vegetative cover instead of being used for landscaping, said Kirit Shelat, a retired IAS officer, during his inaugural speech. Shelat said that industry...
Climate change threatens to push more Bangladeshis into India
Source: Sify News
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | updated Sat Nov 28 22:44:54 -0800 2009 | green-news
Another impact of climate change would be in the form of increase in river bank erosion. This will also push people out of their original settlements. For a densely populated country like Bangladesh, any further concentration of population in safe...
Four fisherman taken into custody for marine fishing
Source: Daily News & Analysis
Mumbai :: India | updated Sun Nov 29 00:46:28 -0800 2009 | green-news
Earlier this month, eight marine fishermen had been taken into custody on charges of unauthorised fishing...The State government has clamped trawl fishing ban along the 20 km stretch Gahirmatha marine sanctuary from November 1 till May 31 in view of...
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